Urembo wa Mwafrika - Amazing!! Habari Picha

The woman with a lip disc as big as her HEAD: Australian filmmakers discover Ethiopian with world's biggest facial adornment... and she even has other villagers stunned

• This month, an Australian film crew led by cinematographer Abrahem Joffe was filming in southern Ethiopia
  
• They stumbled upon Ataye Eligidagne, 20, who has the largest lip disc in the world
• The hardened clay disc is 59.5 cm in circumference and 19.5 cm in diameter
  
• The discs are a tradition dating back further than 1896, and a way of attracting a husband
• The Ethiopian government has taken measures to ban the discs
  

Ataye Eligidagne, 20, dons the largest lip disc in the world. The hardened clay disc is 59.5 cm in circumference and 19.5 cm in diameter

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The discs are a tradition dating back further than 1896, and a way of attracting a husband amongst the the Surma woman of the lower Omo Rover valley in Ethiopia

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The procedure of preparing to wear the discs, which also involves knocking out the bottom two teeth, is done at the age of 15-18

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Eligidagne, who has been stretching her lips for three years since the initial piercing, said it was not painful at all and there weren't any adverse affects from wearing the disc

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In recent times, the Ethiopian government has taken measures to ban the discs, and the frequency amongst the younger generations is reportedly dwindling

The previous example of the largest disk in the Guinness Book of Records was 15cm in diameter, making Eligidagne by far the largest of it's kind in the world

Joffe asked for their guides to translate for the woman so he could interview her, but the guides were not fluent in Mursi, the local dialect, so they had to use a local warrior to translate for the guide

The discs are intended to attract a husband, as well as a dowry for the family of the wife, who are given a contingent of cattle respective to the size of the disc


When asked if her daughter would adhere to the tradition, Eligidagne said she would respect her daughters decision

SOURCE: DAILY MAIL.

Ndio maana wanasema Mila za kiafrika Ni za kishenzi huwezi mtu kujiharibu mwili wako kiasi hiki.

Kituru said:

Ndio maana wanasema Mila za kiafrika Ni za kishenzi huwezi mtu kujiharibu mwili wako kiasi hiki.

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Isee....nothing bad/good universally...what a turn off!!...technically their turn on...

dah ndio maana wanatutupiaga ndizi hawa wadhungu ktk mechi

Shadow said:

The woman with a lip disc as big as her HEAD: Australian filmmakers discover Ethiopian with world's biggest facial adornment... and she even has other villagers stunned

• This month, an Australian film crew led by cinematographer Abrahem Joffe was filming in southern Ethiopia
  
• They stumbled upon Ataye Eligidagne, 20, who has the largest lip disc in the world
• The hardened clay disc is 59.5 cm in circumference and 19.5 cm in diameter
  
• The discs are a tradition dating back further than 1896, and a way of attracting a husband
• The Ethiopian government has taken measures to ban the discs
  

Ataye Eligidagne, 20, dons the largest lip disc in the world. The hardened clay disc is 59.5 cm in circumference and 19.5 cm in diameter

• SHARE PICTURE

+10

The discs are a tradition dating back further than 1896, and a way of attracting a husband amongst the the Surma woman of the lower Omo Rover valley in Ethiopia

• SHARE PICTURE

+10

The procedure of preparing to wear the discs, which also involves knocking out the bottom two teeth, is done at the age of 15-18

• SHARE PICTURE

Eligidagne, who has been stretching her lips for three years since the initial piercing, said it was not painful at all and there weren't any adverse affects from wearing the disc

• SHARE PICTURE

In recent times, the Ethiopian government has taken measures to ban the discs, and the frequency amongst the younger generations is reportedly dwindling

The previous example of the largest disk in the Guinness Book of Records was 15cm in diameter, making Eligidagne by far the largest of it's kind in the world

Joffe asked for their guides to translate for the woman so he could interview her, but the guides were not fluent in Mursi, the local dialect, so they had to use a local warrior to translate for the guide

The discs are intended to attract a husband, as well as a dowry for the family of the wife, who are given a contingent of cattle respective to the size of the disc


When asked if her daughter would adhere to the tradition, Eligidagne said she would respect her daughters decision

SOURCE: DAILY MAIL.

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Hakuna cha ushenzi wala nini!! Hayo mapokeo ndo yanayotufanya tuamini bila mzungu, hakuna "creativity"!!!

Ukisoma hapo juu, disc zinaanza kuwekwa mapema so hakuna maumivu...waliamini inavutia mume! sasa kama siku hizi mume anavutiwa bila hilo choice ya watoto itaamua! Amesema mwanaye akikataa ataheshimu maamuzi yake!

Pia imeripotiwa katika jamii hiyo, siku hizi hii kitu imekwisha!! Mambo yote yapo wazi bana!!! Hakuna ushenzi, usiwe mtumwa...

khaaaa!!!!!! hivi huyu herufi kama ma pa ba hatamki vizuri maana zinahusisha lips za juu na chini na hiyo ya chini ndo ishakuwa ndembwendembwe